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Tuesday 12 March 2024
India braces for talent shortage amid semiconductor ambition
India, which provides 20% of talent in the chip design sector, will likely experience a talent shortage as the country strives to develop a self-reliant semiconductor ecosystem.
Tuesday 12 March 2024
ASIP Tech, partnered with South Korea's APACT, expects Indian OSAT approval soon
India's ASIP Technologies, which has partnered with the South Korean company APACT, has said it is close to receiving government approvals for its OSAT facility. This comes after...
Tuesday 12 March 2024
Backend houses upbeat about orders for memory chips
With memory chipmakers ready to scale up output, industry sources indicated that backend houses are optimistic about orders from the memory sector beginning in the second quarter...
Tuesday 12 March 2024
India expects 2-3 wafer fabs and three ATMP/OSAT facilities in coming years
After India approved three chip projects to develop a local chipmaking ecosystem, an Indian government official disclosed the country is likely to see at least 2-3 wafer fabs and...
Tuesday 12 March 2024
Ex-SMIC R&D EVP joins Chinese memory maker CXMT
Zhou Meisheng, former EVP of technology R&D at Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), has joined Chinese DRAM manufacturer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT).
Monday 11 March 2024
Chip titan ASML suffers new strain of 'Dutch disease': Lionel Laurent
The bigger they are, the harder they lobby. Europe's largest tech firm, chipmaking-machine supplier ASML Holding NV, has sent the Dutch government href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-06/asml-plan-to-expand-abroad-worries-government-telegraaf-says"...
Monday 11 March 2024
Top-5 wafer fab equipment makers see combined revenue slip 1% in 2023
At US$93.5 billion in 2023, the combined revenue of the top five Wafer Fabrication Equipment (WFE) manufacturers decreased by 1% annually due to sluggish memory spending, a macroeconomic...
Monday 11 March 2024
SK Hynix reported has submitted 12-layer HBM3E samples to Nvidia
Players in the memory industry are fiercely competing with each other in developing the fifth-generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) HBM3E due to the intense demand from AI GPUs....
Monday 11 March 2024
Experts disagree on cost and efficiency of High-NA EUV
At a recent meeting held in San Jose, California, experts expressed a diverging view on the future of EUV. Some believe that EUV, coupled with double patterning and advanced packaging,...
Monday 11 March 2024
Samsung eyes opportunity in AI chip manufacturing market amid TSMC dominance
As companies strive to establish themselves in the AI era, the South Korean industry is monitoring whether Samsung Electronics can capitalize on the AI chip orders.
Monday 11 March 2024
South Korea seeks to stop tech leak, as HBM3E race intensifies
Against the backdrop of the emergence of protectionism, competition surrounding High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) is also heating up. Although the South Korean court has ruled to hinder...
Monday 11 March 2024
Weekly news roundup: Xiaomi 14 Ultra ushers in the era of satellite-enabled smartphones
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of March 4 – March 8
Monday 11 March 2024
Applied Materials commissions facility able to process 300mm wafers in India
US-based semiconductor equipment manufacturer, Applied Materials, inaugurated a validation center in India, the first commercial facility to process 300mm wafers in the country.
Monday 11 March 2024
India roundup: India chip projects to begin construction as Taiwanese firms seek growth opportunities
Two of the three chipmaking projects are expected to begin by mid-2024. Taiwanese firms expressed their cautiousness and optimism towards opportunities in India.